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Speeding toward sainthood

Sudanese offer stories

POPE SAYS HE WILLALLOW JPII'S SAINTHOOD CAUSE TO OPEN

of hope, faith

life,

IMMEDIATELY by

WOODEN

CINDY

LaFRENIERE

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME

catholic news service

— Pope Benedict

XVI announced May

—

TURALEI, Sudan During informal conversations, many Sudanese reveal how

13 that he

was allowing the immediate opening of Pope John Paul IPs

deeply a two decades-long war has touched them.

cause for sainthood, setting aside the five-year waiting period called for

DEACON GREG

Lino Deng Aller, who said about 75 years old, is a member of the Dinka tribe and has lived much of his life in and around Mayen Abun. He explained how he escaped bombings and troops from the North by living in the bush and forest.

by church law.

Pope Benedict made the announcement at the end of a speech to the priests of the Diocese of Rome gathered for a meeting and a dialogue with him at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

CNS

See SAINT, page 5 Pilgrims hold a banner that translates as "sainthood immediately" during the funeral

Schiavo case should lead

John Paul

in St.

photo from Reuters

Mass

Pope

for

The holes in the corrugated tin roof of the village church were caused by gunships and shrapnel, he said. Some damage was caused by soldiers, who shot through the

Finishing his prepared speech to the priests, the pope

Ethicists:

civil

roofs, he added.

Peter's Square at the Vatican April 8.

Thousands of the faithful began chanting the immediate canonization. Pope Benedict XVI announced May 13 that he

pope's name and calling for his was waiving the normal five-year waiting period

for the sainthood

cause of Pope John Paul.

See SUDAN, page 13

to family talks,

UNMASKING HISTORY

not just wills MEDIA CAUSED CONFUSION IN CASE, SAYS EXPERT by

NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON

—

death of Terri Schiavo in March should lead Americans not just to write living wills, but to talk with rela-

and friends about two

;nd-of-life wishes, :ists

said

May

13 at the

SUSAN deGUZMAN

spiration: lining a classroom

CORRESPONDENT

The. Schindler

tives

Art students inspired by Mexican masks

their ethi-

Na-

See SCHIAVO, page 12

wall

WINSTON-SALEM

—

There's no hiding the stu-

work St. Leo

school

the Great School in Winston-

Salem. Creating the masks has been a special project for the eighth-grade art class, and the students are hardly without in-

a 31 -piece collection of to the

last fall.

"The students have been

dents' creativity as they

on making masks

Mexican masks donated

looking at the masks since they were put up," said Stephanie Iauco, art teacher.

about

"We

talked

how masks

can represent different concepts and hu-

Photo bv Susan deGuzman

Eighth-graders at

St.

Leo the Great School

amid some of the masks made

See MASKS, page 8

Culture

Watch

left)

Adam Morgan,

Julia

in their

Winston-Salem stand

art class. Pictured are (from

Ross, Chas Kissick and Jessica Clinch.

Perspectives

Parish Profile

Panelists discuss late pope's last

Memorial Day remembrance;

St. John

book

serving the homebound

serves growing community

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In Brief

2005

Poll finds majority of Americans

topics from around the

world to your

20,

own backyard

oppose embryonic stem- cell research WASHINGTON (CNS) — A major- from human embryos" and embryos that

ity

STRIDING

FORWARD

of Americans oppose federal funding of

stem-cell research involving the destruction of

new

human embryos,

poll

according to a

commissioned by the U.S. bish-

ops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

For the government to promote the destruction of

human

"when

life

majority of the taxpayers

a clear

reject this

...

approach would be especially irresponsible," said Richard Doerflinger, deputy director of the secretariat.

The poll was released May 16 as the U.S. House of Representatives was considering legislation that would allow federal

funding of stem-cell research using

embryos created but not used for in vitro fertilization. A vote was expected on the

summer

legislation before the

In the survey conducted

Interna-

who was born

Next, respondents were told stem "can also be obtained from adults, from placentas left over from live births, cells

in other ways that do no. harm to the donor" and that "scientists disagree on which source may end up being most

and

successful in treating diseases."

Twenty-two percent said they supported "all methods, including those that see

which

considering the question of federal fund-

alternatives to see if there

ing for experiments using stem cells

destroy

and love

overcoming

message

of faith,

ASHEVILLE

fer real help to

at 8 a.m.

BOONE special

rance,"

them.

cripplers in

than 500 people turned out at

life,

"Those are the

those thoughts

prayer

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St.,

at 9 a.m., Saturdays ever wasted. The Cul-

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CHARLOTTE

we have

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HUNTERS VILLE

that blind us to the possibilities in life."

— A Mass

Honor De-

an April 29 luncheon to hear his message of faith, hope and love as he described how he overcame his disabilities to find personal fulfillment and professional

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school he had developed a "victim men-

CHARLOTTE

— A reunion

success as a motivational speaker.

tality"

by the time he was 10. But his mother ended that with "tough love." She forbade his siblings from helping him with daily tasks. The first morning that Foppe had to dress himself became a turning point. He embarked on a journey to discover what he really can and cannot do that continues to this day, Foppe said. He credits his family's sacrificial love and the acceptance and encouragement he

Catholic High School,

The 35-year-old Foppe, who uses his feet as his hands, calls his physical disability a "condition."

condition is basically anything can get in your way of living a full, happy and productive life," Foppe said. "It's never about the condition itself. It's always about our response to it." Foppe drives without any special equipment he uses his feet but the vehicle must have automatic transmission and power steering. He has lived alone, has skied, has snorkled and has that

—

earned a master's degree.

He also has written a book, "What's Your Excuse? Making the Most of What You Have," now required reading for all freshmen at St. Louis University. Foppe earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree at the Jesuit-run university.

"Our only

handicaps in life are the mental and emotional ones that prereal

said that despite being raised in a

received at his Catholic grade school with helping him along that path.

After becoming a successful speaker several years ago, Foppe achieved something else that as a child he believed was impossible. He fell in love

and married. even Today, Foppe is grateful for his condition. proud of "There was a time in my life when the condition had me," he said. "But no

—

longer.

yours?"

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have a condition. What's

for Charlotte

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of-

ture ofLife needs you. Call (828) 689-9544 for more information and directions.

—

Foppe

we pray the rosary

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— and about transcending

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Born without (CNS) arms, John Foppe knows a lot about

—

no need

caregivers ofa family member with

Speaker born without arms talks about challenges he has overcome DENVER

human embryos

CHARLOTTE

photo by James Baca, Denver Catholic Register

to hear Foppe's

most successful,"

while 60 percent said they favored "research using adult stem cells and other

without arms, signs a book with his foot as his wife, Christine

More than 500 people turned out

human embryos,

will be

Communications Research, 1,010 Americans were told that "Congress is

Fulbright-Foppe, looks on following a speech at Denver's Hyatt Regency Tech Center April 29.

2 percent re-

fused to answer.

meet the John Foppe,

know and

percent didn't

tional

Diocesa n, planner CNS

Asked whether they "support or oppose using your federal tax dollars for such experiments," 36 percent were in support, 52 percent were opposed, 10

require destroying

recess.

"would be destroyed in their first week of development to obtain these cells."

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=ROM THE VATICAN

German

Israeli official

says pope plans to

visit

origins to gather information

Germany

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

would be only the second time in modern history that a pope visited a synagogue. Pope John Paul went logne synagogue,

Israel's

imbassador to the Vatican said Pope XVI told him he would visit a listoric synagogue in Cologne, Gernany, in August. Ambassador Oded Ben-Hur told an

3enedict

Rome

to the

synagogue

in 1986.

head of the Pontifical Council for religious Dialogue.

authorities to get

Pope honors

'heroic'

'ope Benedict's August trip to Cologne

World Youth Day

"or

vere

said

May

16 they

working with the Aug. 18-21 papal trip set when Pope

still

Pope

dedica-

German-bora priest who, World War II, persuaded Nazi

tion" of a

dur-

ing

offi-

of Jews and politiimprisoned in Rome. Salvatorian Father Pancrazio Pfeiffer was general superior of the Society of the Divine Savior in Rome during the nine months Italy was occupied by

German

Day, although the papal itinerary open to change. If Pope Benedict does go to the Co-

t'outh

as "the pope's messenger" as he took advantage of his

May

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whose members not only leam the

Scriptures,

an annual message to Buddhists. The Vatican released the written message May 16 as Buddhists worldwide prepared for the May 22 feast of Vesakh, which commemorates the principal events in the life of Buddhism's founder, Siddhartha Gautama. However, "this year's feast of Vesakh will find many families missing some of their members," the archbishop wrote. "I wish to assure them that their loved ones will not be forgotten but will be remembered in our prayers." The tsunamis that swept through 1 countries in Asia and East Africa left more than 170,000 people dead, tens of

Angelo Sodano, sent a telegram on behalf of Pope Benedict praising the priest's

The pope "wishes the shining example of this eager religious may encourage a renewed dedication to the building of a civilization of love," said the telegram.

REBUILDING AFTER TSUNAMIS REQUIRES COOPERATION, VATICAN OFFICIAL SAYS VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Rebuild-

thousands missing and hundreds of

ing Southeast Asia after December's

thousands homeless. Some countries where Buddhists

and Christians "live and work side by side" already have been cooperating in social development and peace, said the archbishop. But in the wake of the tsunamis, "nowhere has the need for collaboration been felt more keenly" than in

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The Greensboro Council of

nd lunch

disaster triggered "an

faith in a setting that builds Christian fellow-

Women invites all women to a luncheon at

The Dec. 26

outpouring of prayers, expressions of

to a deeper understanding

ship.

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come

official.

of their

but

re-

however, for a con-

ued cooperation between the area's Buddhists and Christians, said a top Vatican Vrite to Father

call,

sions of solidarity," the archbishop said

12,

devastating tsunamis will require contin-

ers private spiritual retreats for lay people.

out the future of their communities,

said.

tinuation of these interreligious expres-

troops.

He became known

still

people of different religions

"The long-term requirements of

example.

—

cal dissidents

was still alive. As of mid-May, they said, the only lefinite events on Pope Benedict's chedule in Germany involved World vas

(CNS)

Inter-

together to help the victims and

construction

cials to spare the lives

lates for the

ohn Paul

WWII

XVI praised the "heroic

Benedict

the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal

VATICAN CITY

ambassador's remarks. Officials involved with planning

>n the

map

occasion of the 60th anniver-

sary of Father Pfeiffer's death

priest for saving

Jews during

Many came

prisoners.

sraeli

German

Rome

immunity for and win clem-

ency for Jewish and political prisoners. Because Father Pfeiffer developed numerous personal contacts with some members of the German forces, he was able to save the lives of hundreds of

On the

newspaper the pope made the womise May 12 at the end of an audience vith diplomats accredited to the Holy See. Hie Vatican press office had no comment

said Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald,

German

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Minister

—

— 7 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation Mary Margaret Church, Swannanoa

lay

26—7:30 p.m. Bishop McGuinness High chool Baccalaureate Mass

Holy Infant Church, Reidsville

May

—7 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation Trinity

Church, Taylorsville

lay

!ur l

Lady

Grace Church, Greensboro

June

—

a.m. Ordination to the Priesthood

athedral of St. Patrick, Charlotte

— 7 p.m.

Baccalaureate Mass,

Charlotte Catholic High School St.

lay

during a ceremony

Pope names bishop

May 29 — 5 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation

Holy i

and Cardinal Karl Lehmann of Mainz,

left,

Mainz May 17.

Jugis will participate in

the following events:

7 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation Thomas Aquinas Church, Charlotte

Jay 23 t.

Bishop Peter

Eichel,

Germany, present an oversized version of the new German postage stamp honoring the late Pope John Paul

Episcopal calendar

Hans

photo from Reuters

Matthew Church, Charlotte

WASHINGTON Benedict

XVI

(CNS)

—

Honolulu, coadjutor for Fort Worth Pope

has appointed Father Clarence Silva, vicar general of the Diocese of Oakland, Calif, as bishop of Honolulu. He also named Msgr. Kevin W. Vann, vicar for priests in the Diocese of Springfield, 111., and pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in Springfield, as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. Bishop-designate Silva succeeds Bishop Francis X. Di Lorenzo, who was

named bishop of Richmond,

Va., in

March 2004.

coadjutor, Bishop-designate become head of the Fort Worth Diocese upon the death or retirement of Bishop Joseph P. Delaney, 70, who has headed the diocese

Vann

will automatically

since 1981.

The appointments were announced 17 in Washington by Archbishop

May

Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the

United States.

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AROUND THE DIOCESE

Bonds of marriage

Spreading the words

Advocates trained to assist in marriage nullitycases KEVIN

MURRAY

EDITOR

in-field contact with

both the peti-

Father John Putnam, judicial vicar for

and the respondents," said Father Putnam. "The advocates will provide more personal contact and better instruction for the cases, which will benefit everyone all the way around." To complete the program, advocates had to be thoroughly trained in a variety of topics, including the theology of marriage, human sciences, an overview of canon law, the canonical process, jurisprudence (dealing with the sanctity of marriage), impediments and canonical

the Diocese of Charlotte and pastor of

form.

Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury, and received certificates of completion. The advocates, both deacons and

new

BELMONT Charlotte

now

—

tioners

The Diocese of

has 35 advocates to assist

people after divorce and in pursuing marriage nullity.

After attending monthly classes from September 2004 through May 2005, the participants had their last class at the Sisters of Mercy community in Belmont May 14. The new advocates took the tribunal oath, administered by

laity from parishes around the diocese, were recommended by their pastors to

Bishop Peter J. Jugis addressed the advocates and spoke of the importance of canon law in advocacy, and the importance of the tribunal in the marriage nullity process.

"Through the process of the

participate in the program. Currently, 19

parishes have at least one tribunal advocate to assist the parish with to divorced

its

ministry

and remarried people.

The advocates

also

may accompany

divorced persons in their petitions to the

diocesan tribunal for a declaration of

Correspondent Deacon Gerald

marriage nullity.

"The program

geared to provide

Potkay contributed

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emerges, and truth brings peace," said Bishop Jugis. He instructed the advocates to perform their jobs with this message: "Receive them as Christ would meet them." nal, the truth gradually

to this story.

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of Hibernians,

third annual donation of

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Erin Division in

Mecklenburg County mac

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April 27. Picture;

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FROM THE COVER A.

decision 'to dispense from the five -year period of waiting

Pope Benedict to push Pope John Paul's sainthood cause begin immediately, SAINT, from page 1

was not expected to

conclude quickly.

Even after the normal five-year waiting period, causes for beatification and

canonization require years,

cades of studying the person's

lake before he listened to the priests'

ings and relationships.

omments and

then read, in Latin, a

letter

..."

Pope Benedict had

to wait several

linutes to finish the sentence

— saying

—

vation.

When

they quieted, he said, "I see understand Latin very well." The omment brought more applause.

writ-

all

are

interviewed, and everything the person

wrote must be scrutinized, a process that

may take years, especially for a pope who was a prolific writer and speaker.

Two

years after the 1997 death of

Mother Teresa of

riod for the opening of her cause, but she

was not

the normal five-year waiting period for the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul

beatified until 2003.

Jesuit Father Paolo Molinari

— who

helped prepare her cause and is working on the cause of Pope Paul VI, who died

1978

entails

—

said the process for a

pope

much more work.

"If this

done properly,

will take

who

that

world, Father Molinari said.

for beatification."

beatified Popes Pius

—

in 2000 122 and 37 years, respectively, after their deaths. Just the interview with the pope's longtime personal secretary, Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, "will take days," Fa-

Then

there are hundreds of other

must be compiled

into a

the

Historians and theologians examine

make recommendations

members of

the Congregation for

whose opinion

tionship with him.

"He has been

pre-

sented to the pope.

Roman CuVerifying miracles

still

New

High School opening August 2005

Barnabas Catholic Church, Arden

Exit 40; off Hendersonville

Road south

ship with

him and admiration

a personal relationfor him,"

During Pope John Paul's April 8 fuup signs and banners proclaiming the late pope a saint or call-

requires the verification of a miracle

ing for his canonization.

Cardinal Saraiva Martins said that while popular recognition of holiness

Separate

attributed to his intercession.

boards of theologians and of physicians

was important, "canonical recognition" that someone is a saint requires the certainty that comes from a process developed and refined over the years.

examine miracles alleged to have occurred after the candidate's death. are called to

Father Molinari said that when Pope Benedict decided he would preside only

ofAsheville)

II.

neral, people held

lived a life of heroic virtue, beatification

at St.

a faithful servant of

He had

John Paul

Father Molinari said.

longtime friends, bishops and priests,

Thomas Aquinas Academy

The Jesuit said he was not surprised pope set aside the waiting period

because of the widespread public acclaim of Pope John Paul's holiness and because of Pope Benedict's long rela-

ically lived the Christian virtues is written.

the material and

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atification

multivolume biography, then a "positio" or position paper on how the candidate hero-

Saints' Causes,

people, collaborators in the ria,

material

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over canonization ceremonies leaving Cardinal Saraiva Martins to celebrate be-

work

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at the Basilica of St.

—

must be interviewed. His pubwill be examined, but also letters, articles and poems held in archives in Poland and in other parts of the also

lished

years," he said.

Pope John Paul IX and John XXIII

with priests from the Diocese of

After the pope declares a candidate

(I-

Rome

Pope Benedict XVI meets

Complex procedure

St.

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Calcutta,

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was authorizing

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life,

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month which Mother's Day falls by honoring the mother of Jesus and participating in special services for the May crowning of the Virgin Mary. Since the-Council of Nicea in 787, the Catholic Church has often asserted that it is lawful to venerate images of Christ, Mary and the saints. The official liturgical "Order of Crowning an Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary," published in 1987 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, states coronation is one form of reverence frequently shown to images of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The popes not only endorsed this devout custom but also "on many occasions, either personally or through Charlotte, students celebrate the in

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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST

The

and

offertory procession

Pope confirms, shortens October Synod of Bishops on Eucharist

preparation Understanding the Mystery of the Mass, Part 1

CAROL GLATZ

Details of the changes were set to be published in the next few weeks with the

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

discovered that ultimately Christ is offering himself as both the priest and victim of the sacrifice of the Mass. And since we are members of his mystical body, the Catholic Church, we are also offering ourselves with him. "Through him, with him and in him," we tory.

—

have spent the past few weeks

focusing on the significance of the offer-

Guest

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offer ourselves as a gift to the Father.

But before the offerings and gifts are consecrated, they must be collected and presented for sacrifice. Let us return to

and clothing. Since we live in a society where money is the basic mode of ex-

the ritual of the liturgy of the Eucharist to

change,

see

how

accomplished.

this is

At the beginning of the

altar is prepared.

unfolded

in the

The name "corporal" Latin corpus meaning

center of the

altar.

comes from

the

this linen cloth is

unfolded

to catch particles of the host or drops

precious blood.

Along with

the corporal, the chalice

and communion chalices (if Communion is distributed under both species) are also

brought

the altar with their The purificator is the linen used to wipe and cleanse the chalto

purificators.

cloth

Still,

Roman

Missal is placed on the altar. The altar is now prepared to receive the gifts of bread and wine. Previously

recalled that the

action of the offertory

first

the collection.

Here, the faithful have the opportunity to

the ritual allows the presentation

of other gifts that are "for the sake of charity toward the poor," but these must be placed away from the altar of sacrifice (Redemptionis Sacramentum 70). The gifts of bread and wine are accepted by the priest or deacon and carried to the altar with the assistance of servers. During the offertory collection and procession, the Offertory Hymn or chant may be sung by the choir or the congregation, at least until the gifts have been placed on the altar.

ices or other sacred vessels. Finally, the

generally limit these offer-

ings to the essential gifts of bread and wine, along with the collection.

square linen cloth,

called the corporal,

"body," since

offertory, the

the gifts arrive at the altar, the

celebrant raises the paten above the altar

and offers a prayer in silence or, if there is no music, he may recite the prayer

God for proman to produce

aloud. This prayer praises

viding the elements for

After this prayer, the celebrant

church with their generous contributions. We also recognized that these donations not only support the needs of the church, but also purchase the bread and

places the paten and any ciboria with

wine

of water into the wine and recites a prayer in silence: "By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in

that are also presented. Ultimately,

ourselves: our

work

money, from which

God

rewarded with

a portion

given to

hosts on the corporal.

The

chalice

important to note that the bread and wine, along with the collection, are

who humbled him-

the divinity of Christ,

It is

brought forward in procession by members of the faithful. In the early church,

was common

mixed with

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But after Pope John Paul's death April 2, the synod and other major Vatican initiatives were suspended.

synod's general rapporteur, or recording secretary, introducing and later summa-

The Vatican announced May 12 in a written statement that Pope Benedict reconvoked the synod, but that it would be shortened by six days and run Oct. 2-23. The reduced number of weeks dedicated to the synod suggests there would be changes made in how the synod was

The May 12 Vatican statement said Pope Benedict also reconfirmed the four cardinals and the archbishop chosen by Pope John Paul to lead the synod discussions.

The

late

pope had chosen

Italian

rizing the bishops' discussion.

Though Pope Benedict,

as pontiff,

president of the synod, three cardinals will take turns presiding over the synod's

daily sessions.

They

will be Cardinals

Francis Arinze of Nigeria, prefect of the

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, Juan Sandoval Iniguez of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Telesphore Toppo of Ranchi, India. The synod's special secretary will

be organized and scheduled. "Perhaps the pope feels the work of the synod can get done in that amount of time instead of dragging on and on," said one Vatican official. Though the official said he did not know the pope's reasons for the change, he noted that the usual length of the synods about four weeks kept bishops and archbishops away from their dioceses "a long time." While no "big changes" were on the horizon, he said, some modifications would be expected given the reduced

Minnerath of Dijon. The theme of the synod, also chosen by Pope John Paul, is "The Eucharist, Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church." The October gathering will be the 1 1th worldwide Synod of Bishops to be held since the Second Vatican Council. The last synod was held in 2001 and focused on the role and ministry of the

schedule.

bishop.

—

remain French Archbishop Roland .

Pope asks new priests to lead people to Christ through Eucharist VATICAN CITY

— Main-

Pope Benedict XVI ordained 21 priests and urged them to lead people to Christ

centering their mission on the

Eucharist, the

www.charlottediocese.org

new

priests

can bring "the

joy of Christ to those who suffer, those in doubt and even those who are reluctant," the pope said during the Mass in St.

Peter's Basilica

May

Diocese of Rome, included 11 from Italy and 10 other countries in Europe, Africa and South America. During his homily, the pope said the Eucharist should be the focus of the priest's spiritual life and the stimulus for their evangelizing work. "Consider the possibility of worthily celebrating the Eucharist as the center of every day," he said. "Lead people again and again to this mystery. Help them, starting out from the Eucharist, to bring the peace of Christ into the world." The pope framed his remarks about the priesthood in a description of the "mission of the Holy Spirit" and the church's duty to spread the Gospel. That a task that has implications for

freedom, he

human

said.

said the

Ten Commandments

represent the foundation for the just or-

dering of freedom in

which cannot

borders between peoples and break down the barriers between classes and races," he said. "In the church there are only the free brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ."

The pope asked the

their priestly studies in the

God. The Holy Spirit, he said, helps people understand this perspective and helps the church spread its message. "The church must continually become what it already is: It must open

15.

The newly ordained, who completed

available online

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taining a tradition of his predecessor,

Roman

be offered and presented at the offertory, including bread and wine, and other

would bring various

Cardinal Angelo Scola of Venice to be the

through the Eucharist.

in ancient

of the Mass and assumed a spiritual significance: the wine represents the divinity of Christ and the water, his humanity. The mixture of wine and water also

the faithful

the Vatican.

working document on the synod.

prepared by the deacon or, if there is no deacon, by the celebrant. He adds a drop

self to share in our humanity."

as a sacrificial offering.

release of the "instrumentum laboris" or

the bread used in the sacrifice.

support the various material needs of the

the collection symbolically represents

VATICAN CITY Though Pope Benedict XVI confirmed October's world Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist, he decided to cut back on the length of the meeting by nearly a week. The assembly of the world's bishops had been convoked by Pope John Paul II and scheduled to run Oct. 2-29 at

human

society,

exist without reference to

member Holy

priests to re-

that the strength given

by the

way

Spirit is in a special

"the

strength of forgiveness."

"Forgiveness comes from the cross;

world with the love and only this grace can transform the world and build peace," he said. He added that the forgiveness given in the sacrament of penance is one of the (Christ) transforms the

he gives

...

church's "precious treasures."

The pope, noting cost Sunday,

made

that

was Pente-

a point he has

touched upon more than once in the first month of his papacy: the "indissoluble link that exists in the church between the Spirit and the institution." That link extends to the church's teaching authority,

said.

"Without the Holy Spirit, the church would be reduced to a merely human organization, weighed down by its own structures," he said. In God's plan, the Holy Spirit works through human means to affect history,

he said, and

explain the church's role.

this helps

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May

20,

2005

AROUND THE DIOCESE MOVING ONWARD

Student art inspired by

BAC graduates

donated Mexican masks Masks have been an integral part of Mexican life, even before the Spanish

MASKS, from page 1

man

characteristics.

were encouraged

They

(the students)

go beyond what

they usually think of as a traditional

and

to use different art elements,

texture, shape

mask

such as

and color."

enjoyed being able to be creative mask instead of following specific guidelines," said student Chas "I

with the Kissick.

The Mexican masks were

181, honors

a gift

from Nelson Grice, an anthropologist who lived in the Winston-Salem area and often traveled to Mexico on field studies. He visited the school several years ago to

took over the country in the early 16th century, according to Iauco. In pre-Hispanic times, she said, the Indians held ceremonies at certain times

of the year in which masks were worn in processions, dances and theatrical-type performances. This was done not only for the Indians to honor and entertain their deities, but also to encourage the blessing of abundant rain, fertile crops,

good health and general well-being. It was also a way to gather communities together for fun and enjoyment, said Iauco. Descriptions of these festi-

and of the masks that were worn are included in chronicles from Catholic priests during the first decades after the vals

N.C leaders with honorary degrees BELMONT — Hundreds of

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Belmont Abbey College presented 181 traditional and adult graduates with

diplomas during the 127th annual commencement ceremony May 7. The college also presented honorary doctorates to Bishop Joseph F. Gossman

mas, Holy Week, All Saints and All Souls days, feast days for the Virgin Mary and popular saints, and others. The priests assigned each village a patron saint, whose feast day became

of Raleigh; Paul Polking, a retired vice president of Bank of America; and Helmut Deussen, a member of the college board of trustees who in 1995 was selected by Textile World magazine as one of the top 10 leaders in the industry. Benedictine Father Christopher Kirchgessner, an Abbey professor, served as this year's master of ceremonies; graduate Katherine Bogie was named valedictorian; and graduate Sean Dunne was named Student of the Year.

based in culture," said Iauco. "It helps us to understand the world around us." "There are a lot of religious concepts in art that our [parochial school] children

highly celebrated.

After graduation,

speak with students about his work and, according to Iauco, he never forgot the polite behavior and genuine interest

shown by

the students.

moving to New Mexico, Grice donated some of the masks he had collected over the years to the school. The masks not only offer lessons in Mexican folk art, but also tell the history of the country's religion and Last year, before

society.

"All art

Spanish arrived. As the Spanish brought Christianity to the region, they influenced the Mexican festivals. The priests who worked in the villages persuaded the Indians to adopt a Catholic festival cycle Christ-

—

The dramas

priests also introduced to the Indians as a

Spanish

means

for

Dunne plans

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at Belmont Abbey. The college also recognized

monastery

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achievements, including associate professor of math and physics Stephen

understand," she said. "The whole spiri-

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the Benedictine monastic tradition.

concept is more real to them. They have a deeper appreciation for symbolic aspects of other cultures since they have studied the history of the church and

Christian morality plays,

which depict conversion and the struggles of good and evil, were also introduced in this way. The plays and festivals soon became a blend of the two cultures and are still

popular today.

Inside

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mas

Many of these dra-

told the story of the defeat

The various

celebrates

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more than half

the masks, notes

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Iauco, there are tiny "shelves" positioned

certain important characters in them.

under the wearer's chin to help hold the masks in place. On many of these shelves are worn pieces of linen.

festivals

Each mask represents a different symbol, many of which have Christian connotations^

"This

double-faced mask commonly portrays the fight of good versus evil,"

a good indication that these

masks were

really used," said Iauco.

said Iauco.

"Some masks are exaggerated forms of people, while others take on animal forms and represent different strengths and weaknesses," she said. "The jaguar represents beauty and physical prowess, but also the underworld with mysterious qualities."

The mask

collection at St.

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WORD TO LIFE MAY

A roundup

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SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS:

May 29, Most

Panelists say

TRACY EARLY

This weekend's readings remind us

and Identity," the Paul II, shows him developing his thought from the specific perspective of his

home

country, according to partici-

who

New York May

Cycle A Readings:

Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20

"let his hair

formation of Catholics

work

who want

book

When

said.

That the pope's

last

book

rooted in

the

was developed more

pope

chard John Neuhaus, director of the Institute on Religion and Public Life, based in New York, and editor of its journal, First Things. "How very Polish it is," he com-

his

love for his native land and culture to

show through.

fully

by Father Ri-

mented. Patriotism, the nation and the church all

-GIOVANNI

come

MEMORIA

pope also saw Poland as the suffering of one who played a role in

said the

embodiment of

Christ and, as

IDENTITA

the resurrection of his crucified country,

found salvation history inseparable from homeland. When he was elected pope, he believed that in some sense Poland had been elected, Father Neuhaus said. The pope, he said, was right in seeing the unfolding of a Catholic cultural his experience in his

"Memory and

pope developed

Identity," the

his philosophy

and

theology through the lens of his own experience as a "son of Poland," and created a work that will help in understanding his more formal writings, the

However, Father Neuhaus also emphasized that the situation of American

was

Catholics

quite different

from

that

of Polish Catholics.

Held at the Italian Academy of Columbia University, the panel was arranged by the Crossroads New York

While Pope John Paul could look back to the "baptism of Poland" in its conversion to Christianity a millennium before, American Catholics cannot look to any comparable event in the history of

Cultural Center, a recently established

agency of the lay Catholic movement, Communion and Liberation. The publisher of the pope's book, Rizzoli, jointly sponsored the event. Rizzoli's president told the audience that the book was doing "extremely well" in sales.

The book was issued in Italian in February, and the panel was arranged to help call attention to its availability now in English. Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete, spiritual leader of

Communion and

Liberation in

was panel moderator.

Carl Anderson, supreme knight of

Columbus, also emphasized the Polish influence on the development of Pope John Paul's thought in "Memory and Identity." The pope saw in the experience of Poland a "universal value" and affirmed the moral value of patriotism,

the Knights of

Anderson

said.

suggested that the pontificate of

Pope John Paul

world.

Everything about Jesus is action. is your God: walking, teaching,

could mark the begin-

ning of a spiritual renewal coming from Poland equivalent to that which emerged

Here

touching, living, healing, praying, suffering, dying,

was

young

girl I

had an

us for action

way

Communion.

sit

once a month. My parents let me stay in pew because I had such anxiety about the whole thing: I got nervous. I'd break out in a sweat, and my hands would shake so much that I could barely hold the tiny glass without spilling the

—

was not and

still

disciples

the

way

the

first to

in the

the life of Christ.

stand up, walk to the altar and "partake"

part of us

discovered

and for us

key

the

actively

be part of him.

—

But in receiving the consecrated body and blood of Jesus in the Eucharist I

He wants to be

Jesus is not to be kept at arm's length his own words insist otherwise: "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not

re-

sponsibility.

as an adult Catholic,

in his letter to the

Corinthians, participation

role at

Too much

The

Jesus himself discouraged

church as spectator and was afraid to in front of everybody.

Jesus.

who witnessed his Transfigura-

As Paul explained in

want simply

awe before

were struck

tion

grape juice.

was comfortable

to salvation, the

same way. But them from building booths and instead led them down the mountain to participate in his life of struggle and action.

the

gives

to life. I

was held only

ritual

us his body and blood, not for us to observe, but to feed us and flow through

attended a Protestant church, so

Communion

the

being resurrected, forgiving,

seeking, preaching, hungering.

JEAN DENTON

fear of going to

that

have

life

within you."

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE

possibility in Poland.

cardinal said.

the United States,

enormous

together for the pope in this

book, Father Neuhaus said. the

John 6:51-58

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for the transformation of culture,

Anderson

New

down" and allowed

PAOLO

and requires our active participation in it to carry its meaning into the alive

it is

Corinthians 10:16-17

and flows.

The essence of the body of Christ

EVERYTHING ABOUT JESUS IS ACTION

Identity" will have

his experience as part of the Polish nation

16.

said that in this

active, not static. It nourishes

special significance for the intellectual

discussed the book

Cardinal Edward M. Egan of

York

"Memory and

body and blood of Christ

that the

Jesuit founder.

—

"Memory (CNS) last book by Pope John

pants in a panel

Christ within us.

from the work of St. Ignatius Loyola, the

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and "true drink," as John's Gospel says. As such, it naturally creates in believers an appetite for the life of

Blood ofChrist

3) Gospel:

29, 2005

"true food"

Holy Body and

Pope John Paul H's last book rooted his Polish homeland

2005

20,

their nation, Father

Neuhaus

SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 22-28 Sunday (The Most Holy Trinity), Exodus

He also noted that the pope could call on the Catholic tradition of his country as a way of obeying the Fourth Commandment to honor parents, but American Catholics could not look in a similar way to Native Americans or for building

John

;

Canterbury), Sirach 44:1, 9-13, Mark 11:11-26; Saturday, Sirach 51:12-20, Mark 11:27-33.

SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 29 - JUNE Sunday (The Body and Blood

said.

34:4-6, 8-9, Daniel 3:52-56, 2 Corinthians 13:11-13,

Monday, Sirach 17:20-24, Mark 10:17-27; Tuesday, Sirach 35:1-12, Mark 10:28-31 Wednesday (St. Bede, St. Gregory VII, St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi), Sirach 36:1, 4-5, 10-17, Mark 10:32-45; Thursday (St. Philip Neri), Sirach 42:15-25, Mark 10:46-52; Friday (St. Augustine of

3:16-18;

Monday,

6:51-58;

of Christ), Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16,1 Corinthians 10:16-17, John

Tobit 1:3; 2:1-8,

Mark 12:1-12; Tuesday (The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin

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Mary), Zephaniah 3:14-18, Isaiah 12:2-6, Luke 1:39-56;

12:28-34;

(St. Justin), Tobit 3:1-11, 16-

and Peter), Tobit 6:10-11; 7:1, 9-14; 8:4-9, Mark Friday (Most Sacred Heart of Jesus), Deuteronomy 7:6-11, 1 John 4:7-16, Matthew

Mark 12:18-27; Thursday

17,

(Sts. Marcellinus

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FROM THE COVER

Sudanese life,

of hope,

stories

faith Akec managed

SUDAN from page 1

sustained him during the that

how

Aller talked about

his faith

war years, he

of his eight children only six are

said

alive;

two of his sons were killed in the war. His oldest son, Mario Malou, who would now be about 37, left in the late 1970s to avoid being forced to join the army. "He wanted to be free ... he went away. I think he is in the United States

now; someone told

that is

where he

went," Aller said.

Touching his heart, Aller added: "If you can find my son, tell him my foundation is empty.

Deacon Francis Lemyama, tains region

was

second

back.

This time he managed to rejoin

his wife

and two

lived with

37, said

cut off from the rest of

the country.

"There was nothing coming in, and people simply learned to go without" things like clothes, soap and salt, he said,

for her to share.

Akec

duped by the if

bishop brought sweets for the children, many of whom did not know what candy was.

recalled

soldiers.

how

CNS

They told him

that

would get a cow to help restart his life. However, after the year they did not give him anything. Eventually rebel troops negotiated his release

from the government camp

his return to Turalei.

Akec

said after

walked away without any belongings, but at least his wife and daughters were with him. Akec and Thuc said they hope their children will be able to attend school in Turalei. The sets of twins 15 and 5 years old

— — have never attended

photo by Deacon Greg LaFreniere, Long Island Catholic

he was

he stayed with them for one year he

and

Deacon Lemyama remembered it was when a

for a

experienced things simply too difficult

his release he

what a great occasion

who

girls,

camp

Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid interrupted the silence that followed and suggested Thuc probably had

adding that no relief agencies worked in

the diocese," he said.

of twin

abused.

the area.

"The only thing the people had was

sets

in the cattle

Adior Thuc, his wife, looked away and answered softly when asked if she or her daughters had been abused. With her face shielded from view and her eyes averted, she said they were beaten and

Later,

Nuba Moun-

him

year.

will understand."

that for about 12 years the

to escape a

time, only to be captured again and taken

school.

Children

Many

Mass during the week

Turalei, Sudan, wait for the start of

of the

youngsters have returned from refugee camps

after Easter.

northern Sudan or

neighboring countries. sified.

He then migrated to Egypt to avoid He has been in Canada

for 25 years

and has not seen

all

the

houses and cut down all the trees in his village, but "we don't know why." "Those who couldn't run away were killed, and all the animals were killed," he said. "We need the truth to get out ... let everyone, especially the Catholics and

his family,

although he has kept in touch through letters.

Ahmed

belongings when they fled. said troops destroyed

their

joining the army.

Hran, 45, an Arab Muslim,

fled his village in western Sudan's

Darfur region after an attack by government and militia troops. "Everything was destroyed," he said, adding that he and friends left all

come

Christians,

and see what

Sudan

to search for

wrong," he

said.

Fleeing for freedom

Captured dreams

Makuc Akec,

Father Joseph Mogga, a parish priest

28, left the South in

1988 and fled to northern Sudan, hoping it would be safer there.

He was gone

living in El

Obeid and had

to the river to get water

nary

"We can kill you."

Akec

said the soldiers put him into a camp, where he was forced to watch the herd. After two years of living with the militia, he escaped one night. The soldiers quickly found him and sent him to a second cattle camp in the North. cattle

when

FOR FUN AND LEARNING,

he entered a minor semi-

his family fled to the refugee

camps in neighboring Uganda; he did not see them for another 12 years.

COME TO

"My younger sisters didn't even recme they didn't know who I

when he

was surrounded and captured by troops. He said the soldiers tied him to a tree and told him,

in Turalei, said

ognize

...

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Perspectives

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Reflections stirred by

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know someone who

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hour, this perfect day will

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taking the Eucharist to the

homebound

on Sunday. There are other committees (like "Outreach") that solve problems such as how someone without transportation gets to a doctor's appointment or how a family struck with devastating illness gets a warm evening meal. Our job is to ensure that those who can't make it to Mass partake of the body of Christ nonetheless. We have our little list of the homebound (a much nicer word than "shut-ins"),- and we report on the month's activity. Ruth no real names used lives with her daughter and relies on oxygen. A medication for arthritis took a toll on

—

her lungs.

—

Now

well into her 80s, she

someone who's having a knee replacement, someone whose husband is moving into dementia. "This church is our community," remarks the woman next to me. "This is where people should turn for help." We talk about whether things are coordinated enough at the parish. We have committees, but are they in touch

with each other? Can

get the

word

we have? many people out there who would help, if they just knew some out on the needs

"There are so

need they could fill," someone says. Our dormant stewardship committee finally has been reborn, and it has a big job to do coordinating all the people could help with all the people who need help, motivating the folks in the pews to be more than Sunday Catholics. I look around at our committee.

who

We're middle-aged and beyond. The day will come when some of us will need the

we now

help

The day

give. is still

car, spring still is

just a

little

really Catholic.

consult with our deacon or priest over these thornier issues of eligibility, but sometimes we are forced to pastoral judgments

lovely as

head to my

beckoning. But

reflective

my mood

now.

on the

we want to give Lord for the gift of this pope, and we want to say thank you to the pope himself for all that he did and all that he suffered," Pope Benedict said, as the crowd broke into sustained applause.

several languages,

Hundreds of thousands of people have come to St. Peter's to visit the tomb

group of Japanese Buddhists. Through an aide, he extended greetings in Russian to a group of Russian Catholic pilgrims led by Moscow Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz. To Polish pilgrims he again recalled Pope John Paul, calling him an "unforgettable pope who is in everyone's

"On

this occasion,

great thanks to the

of the

late pontiff,

On May

13,

who

died April

Pope Benedict

said he

was allowing the immediate opening of Pope John Paul's cause for sainthood, lifting the

usual five-year waiting period.

Pope Benedict continued the series of audience talks begun by Pope John Paul on the psalms. He explicated Psalm 113, which praises the Lord for his care of the world's poor and humble. The pope noted that after extolling God's name and glory in heaven the psalmist "turns his attention to our earthly horizon": dust;

"He raises up the lowly from the

from the dunghill he

lifts

up the poor

them with princes ... ." The psalmist thus praises a God who is "very different from us in his greatness, but at the same time very close to his creatures who suffer," the pope said. He looks on the world not with "the cold to seat

named Uriel?

As a grade-school religion

teacher, I begin each

year by discussing

The

three

known widely

Books of Enoch were

in the early years

of Chris-

angels, especially guardian angels. Re-

tianity,

cently I have seen religious catalogues

they significantly influenced early Chris-

advertising statues of an Archangel Uriel. Who is this? If he is an archangel,

tian writings, including the

why do we only hear of Michael, Raphael and Gabriel? (Maryland)

Written around the time of Christ,

The care provider at one assistedbegun telling us "it's not a good time" to visit Emma. She's in

New

welcoming

English

hearts."

On May

19,

Pope Benedict was

scheduled to attend a Vatican screening of a three-hour TV movie on the life of

Pope John Paul. At the end of the audience the pope gave individual greetings to a long line of people in wheelchairs, who were brought past him one by one. Then he spent about 20 minutes greeting other pilgrims lined up along the barricades. He blessed newlywed couples, kissed babies, heard individual: petitions, accepted homemade gifts and had his hand kissed hundreds of times. ;

A. The

name

Uriel occurs in apocry-

They

like the

Son of Man,

One (e.g. Acts 3:14) and Chosen One (e.g. Lk 9:35).

the

the third stage of dementia, we're told,

Enoch, our Bible says, was the father of Methuselah. Genesis (5:24) tells us-Enoch "walked with God, and he was no longer here, for God took him." This

ancient heroes of faith

ponder whether it's legitimate, being turned away, and someone remarks that the home an in-home

— — seems "creepy."

Inevitably, our attention turns to

implies, so

was believed,

that

Enoch

did not die but, like the prophet Elijah (2 Kings 2), was taken alive to heaven.

Corner FATHER JOHN DIETZEN CNS COLUMNIST

are the first to designate the

Messiah with names

The New Testament Letter to Hebrews names Enoch as one of

nights.

Question

Testa-

phal Jewish scriptures, the Books of Enoch, as one of four archangels.

care center

ment.

living facility has

this

the

the Righteous

good

POPE BENEDICT XVI

He would

his regular audience talk.

there an angel

spot.

not having

Speaks

one of the nicest assisted-living homes remain about the same. One is sliding more into dementia, and there is a question about whether one of the women who wants to receive is

make our own

The Pope

eyes of an emperor" but with sympathy, he said. The pope said the psalm foreshadows the Magnificat, the canticle of Mary in St. Luke's Gospel, which he said is even more radical in saying of God: "He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly." The pope later delivered greetings in|

cheerful and alert, and always ready for a

good long visit. The little women

II.

have been 85 today. And we are sure that he is watching us from on high and is with us," the pope said before beginning

how

Heading

the

ers in St. Peter's Square.

CALDAROLA

lot,

Marking

birthday of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI told pilgrims they can be certain that Pope John Paul II "is watching us from on high and is with us." The pope spoke at a general audience May 18, before some 25,000 visitors who braved intermittent rain show-

Church community is

—

who

the

God (Heb

among

other things placing

charge of the netherworld,

Only Bible are

him

certaiEj

honor him.

the three angels

named

in th«|

— Raphael, Gabriel and Michael

honored by name

in Christian historjj

and tradition.

Other Christian theologians often The Letter of Jude quotes them at least once (v. 14). With such a well-known work de-

John

voting considerable attention to the angel

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perhaps

understandable that even today religious groups

the

did not "see

death" but was taken up to

Uriel,

refer to these books.

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may be

sent to Fatheh

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Df war's remembrance:

An archbishop's

story

atholic Christians.

remember

Lord "in the bread." We remember

reaking of the ur past in art

the

and architecture,

in the

onary

activity,

ecumenical councils and is part of

"Nobody prepares you for battle," Archbishop Borders told the reporter. "You can't do it. How do you prepare for someone dying?"

What

Looking

Day

lorial

FATHER WILLIAM J.

BYRON

celebration, the civic

rance of those

who

talked to

CNS COLUMNIST

remem-

fought and died in

on public television from the West the Capitol on the Sunday

live or

The Human Side FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CNS COLUMNIST

many

people who were dying. I don't have any idea how many. You don't keep statistics. It wasn't constant, of course. Combat is never constant. It comes and goes." With the help of the annual Washington, D.C., Memorial Day Concert, seen

JESUIT

quite congenial for us to each year in our nation's Me-

them, gave them counsel, administered the sacraments of penance and the holy Eucharist, and anointed

message for us

did he do on the battlefield?

"If they were conscious,

Around

much more. Remembering ho we are.

articipate

secularism's 91, Archbishop Borders has

years.

ves of our saints, in the history of mis-

simple."

been helping people in a variety of circumstances and in many places over the

remembering people, we

are a

Contemporary

Now

Memorial Day good time to remember, honor hose who serve others We

"Another person says you're couraYou don't think of it. The motivation is somebody needs help, pure and geous.

Throughout

history, secularism

Christianity.

With the United States and other becoming increasingly secular

countries

and profane, the new millennium could

dlitary service.

30, with the 91st Infantry Division in

Lawn of

find itself in a serious crisis.

ho are rayer and reflection prompted by this inual end-of-May day of remembrance.

September 1944. During an attack on a German position, one of the American troops was hit and lay wounded on the battlefield. Chaplain Borders ran out under machine-gun fire, lifted the fallen soldier to his shoulder and

evening before the holiday, millions of Americans can understand what Archbishop Borders meant when he closed out the newspaper interview by saying softly, "It was a long time ago, but you never forget something like that." With the 60th anniversary of V-J Day approaching in mid- August, this will be a summer of remembrance for a nation that is grateful to all its known and

stand why,

Even those among us opposed to war are open to

This year, as the nation marked the Dth anniversary in early f

May of the

end

our war with Nazi Germany, BaltiCatholics were pleased to read in

lore

newspaper the story of the ravery of their retired Archbishop Willim Donald Borders. Many were unaware that he saw jmbat duty as a chaplain in World War The Baltimore Sun reporter coaxed at of him some of the details of the

Italy in

moved him "After

daily

leir

won

eroic action that

for

him

the

He was a battalion chaplain, not quite

to bravery in the face

of danger,

mind one way

didn't enter your

"it

him to

never saw him again," the

retired archbishop told the reporter.

all

the time.

When you're involved, you're

thinking about what you're doing, not: brave, or

not brave.

unknown

another, you're too busy. You're involved

ronze Star for Valor.

anointed him, they sent

and

the rear,

now

to safety.

just

doesn't enter your mind.

heroes.

Catholics

all

across the nation, not

just in Baltimore, are

saries

and

time,

in this

The Bottom

meaning we

live in,

are locked into the age with no other age to look

ahead or back

lic

to.

Christian moral standards are a

I've been reading a book called Cloud of Witnesses" that brings us the oices of remarkable people some ome with the Lord, some very much

—

ive

earth.

jmmon

What they

all

have had

that they lived, or are living,

lives according to the Beatitudes.

leir I

give great credit to Jim Wallis and

jyce Hollyday,

ould

call

who

gems of

selected

what

writings from such

of the Lord as Henri Nouwen, Luther King Jr., Sojourner Truth, ietrich Bonhoeffer, Penny Lernoux, xchbishop Oscar Romero, Father Jon obrino and so many more.

>vers

lartin

was

especially

moved by

Father

obrino's words expressing what he

BOSCO

truly apply to

called himself "the voice of the

working for his people, so poor, so oppressed by those in power in Latin America. He said the church no longer could be silent when an area of 300 million people, mostly Catholic, were poor, undernourished and always under the control of those in authority waving their guns. For this he was assassinated while celebrating Mass. He was hated by the country's rulers because he spoke the truth. They couldn't have a respected man of God voiceless,"

not take into account the

"I don't

know how you can show

Arch-

to the powerful

when

they try to

killing,

by massacring! What

>ve in this

being offered to the god of power, the god of money! So

)lidarity

many

world of sin without being in with the victims of this world,

you are

solidarity with the

I don't see how ou can avoid the cross. The theology of le cross is the theology of love in our

ictims of this world,

Once

terrible idolatry is

victims, so

God, the life,

will

idolaters

— —

had shaped his life remain faithful to God's justice and the Gospel of Jesus Christ his choice to

put his

life in

embraces.

this

man of courage, deserving of our deepest respect. He must have had a premoniwould be killed. own words he acknowledged

In his this,

yet said: "If I

in the

am killed,

Salvadoran people.

say so with-

my death, if it is accepted by God, for my people's liberation and as a

Let

much

blood, for which

God, the author of human charge a high price from these of power!" true

Admittedly, to think or speak this

Why life

Romagoza, executive

and the profane

are secularism

on the increase? reason

that evangelization is

not keeping up with growing popula-

Churches aren't effectively edu-

tions.

cating people about religion, either due to

outdated programs or they aren't getting out to the people.

They

are also in competition with the

media, which tends to be more secular than religious, and

some

religious leaders,

who have badly damaged religion's image. some people fear reliGod means keepGod's commandments. This is often I

believe also

gion because knowing

not forgotten by his people, for

as Dr. Juan

has to do with being nonreligious.

shall arise

out boasting, with the greatest humility. ...

One Romero was

others.

"Profane" means "outside the temple."

danger.

Certainly Archbishop

tion he

harming

The archbishop knew

that the reality that

they do

power of God,

subjugate people to their power by tor-

not place one in a very popular

witness of hope in the future."

the only powerful one,

turing,

way does

earthly position.

merica, particularly in El Salvador, the iuntry so loved by Oscar Romero, the isassinated 25 years ago.

than not, ends in self-destruction and

Those words so bishop Romero.

telling his people:

who was

and the values

happens, the moral God's laws and Christian traditions tend to disappear. Many people end up doing whatever gives them pleasure, which, more often

real world."

"Woe

in the world.

constraints based on

CNS COLUMNIST

:amed from the personal pain of so luch killing in his years in Latin

rchbishop of San Salvador

tradition

history.

work

Secularism would have us live only for today and not toward God or past

Line

on in faithful

bethis

We forever are looking beyond this world for guidance. We also look back to Catho-

ANTOINETTE °riest's legacy lives

when we

world and

Secularization occurs

come engrossed

way we show God

Oscar Romero

on the world.

their effects

Peursen says secularism is the deliverance of man, first from religious and then from metaphysical control over his reason and language. It is the loosening of the world from religious and quasireligious understandings of itself, the dispelling of all closed worldviews, the breaking of all supernatural myths and sacred symbols.

Our

Hie wisdom of Archbishop

To under-

define these two adver-

let's

The Dutch theologian C. A. Van

humbly proud and

proudly humble to have been served by the likes of William Donald Borders, who has been reaching out for so many years simply because "somebody needs help."

and

the profane have been adversaries of

direc-

ing

misinterpreted as losing one's freedom.

of La Clinica del Pueblo, wrote this March, "His prophetic voice continues to echo during these times of injustice and

but rather seen as a

oppression."

"crisis" refers to a crossroads.

And he gives a promise to Archbishop Romero: "In a world where mas-

that should

tor

sacres, saturation

promoted,

bombing and wars

are

will follow your example.

become instruments of peace." Romero lives!

will

The dramatic increase and the profane

present,

life

in secularism should not be feared, crisis.

The word

are at a crossroads

prompt us

to envision the

new, exciting types of leadership and programs that are needed to get people in awe, rather looking heavenward than in fear, of God.

—

May

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thii

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PARISH PROFILE

John Neumann Church serves growing Catholic community

priesthood.

St.

ST.

Since its beginning phases, th church has incorporated the theni "Building Together a Community o Faith" into its daily life. Througl that theme, the St. John Neumaru parish community has established variety of commissions dedicated t> evangelization, liturgy, Respect Lif activities, family and community lif

JOHN NEUMANN CHURCH

8451 Idlewild Road

and communications.

28227 (704) 536-6520

ture study sessions offer other opportuni

Charlotte, N.C.

Adult education programs and Scrip ties for adults,

while younger parishioner

Vicariate: Charlotte

take part in educational, sporting and sc

Pastor: Augustinian Father Thomas

cial

Meehan

programs. The women's club, 50

club, Secular Franciscans,

RCIA prograr

and Knights of Columbus and

Parochial Vicar: Augustinian Father Arthur Johnson

auxiliary are

among

its ladiel

the parish groups ac '

Permanent Deacon: Deacon John

tive in social

Msgr. Bellow

now

Photo by George Cobb

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Neumann Church

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1972 had been designated the see city of newly formed diocese. By that time, Catholicism was becoming more firmly rooted in western North Carolina and Bishop Michael J. Begley was faced with the task of building more churches to accommodate the growing numbers of Catholics settling in a

the region.

was from

need in the south-

that

east Charlotte-Mint Hill area that

Charlotte's eighth parish, St. John

Neumann Church, was

created in 1977.

Msgr. Lawrence Newman, thenpastor of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, assumed the first pastorate of St. John Neumann Church. About 250 families, many from Our Lady of the Assumption Church, formed the registry of the

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parish.

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then-Bishop William G. Curlin, the Augustinians came to Charlotte to staff St. John Neumann Church, the first Augustinians to minister in Charlotte.

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June 17, 1979. Msgr. Newman died in January 1981 and was succeeded by Father Frank O'Rourke, currently pastor of Our Lady of Grace Church in Greensboro and vicar forane for the Greensboro vicariate. Rapid parish growth prompted the need for a larger church in the mid1980s. Then-Bishop John F. Donoghue dedicated the new building June 23, 1985. In 1987, Father O'Rourke was appointed the rector of St. Patrick Cathedral across town, and the Conventual Franciscan Friars arrived at St. John

Neumann

parish began plans to build a

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church and Sunday liturgies at the Idlewild Country Club. Weekday Masses were celebrated at the rectory, a house that already existed on the church property on Idlewild Road. A church soon was built, and Bishop Begley dedicated the new structure on

the Catholics in Charlotte, the city that in

community of young

church while Msgr. Newman celebrated Saturday vigil Mass at a Methodist

Three decades

ago, seven Catholic churches served

to a thriving

March 1998,

marking the retirement of the church'

and vicar forane

pastor of St.

in Huntersville

for the Charlotte vicariate.

The Knights council North Carolina's second largest. St. John Neumann Church continue to experience growth and change. I June 1997, then-Bishop William

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